Biography

Chris Rubino is originally a Bostonian; New York City has been his adopted hometown ever since leaving.
His printmaking background, initially focusing on posters and other printed matter, eventually transitioning to his own artwork, has heavily influenced his work.
Rubino has participated in many aspects of the design profession including title design for films (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines), illustration (Banana Republic, The New York Times), Commercial Art Direction (DirecTV, Ketel One), Hotel interiors (Distrikt Hotel, Ace Hotel) amongst other creative commissions.
His work has been featured in a number of solo exhibitions in New York, one in Hong Kong and a great number of group shows around the U.S., Europe & Japan as well as added to the permanent collection at the Museum of Design in Zurich.
Rubino holds a BFA from Syracuse University, was selected as an ADC Young Gun and has served as a Board Member on the NYC Chapter of AIGA.

Most recently Rubino has completed a short film titled "Some of us had been threatening our friend Colby" based on the story by Donald Barthelme.

42 EAST 49th | The Four Seasons
A Film By Chris Rubino
Starring Janice Alida as The Maitre d' & Gordonnay Gaines as The Muse
Wardrobe by Thom Browne
Produced by Tessa Travis - Milk Studios
Photography by Peter Mosiman
Edited by Jim Helton - Final Cut
Color by Jaime O'Bradovich - Company 3

Featured Films:
The Light Between Oceans, The Place Beyond The Pines, Blue Valentine, Kill Your Darlings, Sticky Nites, William and the Windmill, Hell or High Water, Nine Days and Nights of Ed Sheeran, Meadowland, Looking, Chernobyl Diaries, What Happened Miss Simone?

Hell or High Water
Directed by David Mackenzie
Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan
Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
Starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster & Jeff Bridges
Music by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Some Of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby
More Info at OurFriendColby.com
A RadicalMedia Production
Based on the story by Donald Barthelme
A Film by Chris Rubino
Screenplay by Ruby Rae Spiegel
Director of Photography Reed Morano
Edit by Jim Helton
Music by Craig Sutherland
Aerial Photography by JaegerSloan

Directed by Chris Rubino
Camera & Edit by Lu Caldarola
To celebrate the release of 'Lovers' Eyes (Mohe Pi Ki Najariya)', Damian Lazarus and the Ancient Moons have unveiled the video, shot in New York and directed by Chris Rubino. One of the year's more unique and distinctive electronic music releases, the track features Pakistan's leading Qawwali singers Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad and Hamza Akram, who appear together for the first time ever in the video.

Wartella's STRIP SHOW: 25 Years of Comix, Controversy & Copyright Infringement
Retrospective memoir from NYC cult-cartoonist M. Wartella featuring long-out-of-print alt-weekly newspaper comics from the 90s and beyond.
This 12"x12" coffee table book is more than just a retrospective of grind-your-mind underground art, it's Wartella's personal account of his journey and struggle to follow his childhood dream of becoming a cartoonist.
Published by Burger Records. Foreword by PES.